What the records say
- When
- 21 Mar 2011
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 4.78° S, 11.87° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 23
- Injured
- 14
2011 Trans Air Congo Antonov An-12 crash
Aviation accident in Republic of the Congo
On 21 March 2011, a non-airworthy Antonov An-12 transport aircraft of Trans Air Congo crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood of Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo, while on final approach to land. All four occupants of the aircraft and 19 people on the ground were killed. Fourteen more people on the ground were injured.
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